The viking darts weight loss
Darts ace Andy Fordham piles on the weight - after losing 15 stone. Fordham made his first appearance on the stage at Lakeside in 1995 and made it to the semi-finals before losing to Richie Burnett. Doctors diagnosed the sports star with cirrhosis of the liver and warned that, unless he quit the booze, he would only have a few years left to live. The 6ft tall former world title holder known as The Viking cites a hellish year of personal tragedy has led him to comfort eat and chow down on calorific treats including ice cream and biscuits. The darts champion is now determined to regain his former s shape and return to the sport in which he made his name. Second round defeats followed in 1997 (to Marshall James) and 1998 (to Raymond van Barneveld ) before he made it a hat-trick of semi-final defeats in 1999, this time to Ronnie Baxter. He was forced to pull out of the tournament as a result and Whitlock received a walkover and went through to the second round without throwing a single dart. After recovering from this ordeal, the somewhat clumsy sporting champion slipped on a pavement and smashed his knee. Not content with just this injury, fate played Andy another blow as the wound became infected and antibiotics were prescribed to fight it. His wife Jenny then had a serious health scare and spent time having scans in hospital. Another semi-final defeat followed in 1996, this time to Steve Beaton. Fordham was due to face Whitlock again in the first round of the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship, but was once again hospitalised after complaining of chest pains and breathing difficulties. The 48 year old was rushed to hospital and had 18 litres of fluid drained from his lungs. His world ranking has slipped dramatically and major concerns about his health have meant that the chance of him returning to the heights of that 2004 success have receded.
The scare during the head-to-head game led Fordham to seek help via the television programme Celebrity Fit Club, where he became friends with the journalist and TV presenter Paul Ross. He plays for the British Darts Organisation, and won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship and the 1999 Winmau World Masters. On both occasions, his victor went on to claim the title. The BDO World Champion receives an exemption from qualifying for a three-year period but that has now expired. In 2002 and 2003 he went out in the first and second rounds respectively, before he finally managed to end his jinx in the 2004 World Championship. He has failed to win a single match at Lakeside in the three years since his title victory. Emotional eater: Andy Fordham says recent weight gain is down to personal tragedy Over the past year, the Fordham family have been dogged by disaster after disaster which started with Andy breaking his leg and injuring his face after the taxi he was travelling in suddenly braked. A weighty issue: The darts ace lost 15 stone four years ago after a health scare forced him to slim down. Taylor was subsequently declared the victor having been leading the contest by 5 sets to 2. Darts ace Andy Fordham, who lost an astonishing 15 stone four years ago after a health scare, has piled on the pounds again to tip the scales at a hefty 24 stone. Once over his physical disasters personal and emotional dramas began happening, and Andy was devastated after his 81-year-old father suffered two strokes. But gradually the pounds crept back on, something the darts player attributes to personal tragedy. His 2000 campaign ended in the quarter-finals at the hands of Chris Mason and his fourth semi-final loss in 2001 was to Ted Hankey. Bearded Andy, who was British Darts Organisation World Champion in 2004, was forced to ditch the bottle and give up drinking in 2007 after dramatically collapsing at the world championships in Lakeside, Surrey.
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